Condo Owners Sue To Keep Lake View

CHICAGO — A Hyde Park condominium association has filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court seeking to block construction of a 21-story, 155-unit high-rise approved by the Chicago City Council.

Robert Fioretti, attorney for the Cornell Village Tower Condominium, 5202 S. Cornell Ave., said Friday that the proposed structure at 5132-44 S. Hyde Park Blvd. would violate a 1966 covenant guaranteeing that the Cornell residents` view of Lake Michigan would not be obstructed.

Council approval of the project, proposed by developers Senior Lifestyle Corp. and LSM Venture Associates, came over the objections of the ward`s alderman, Timothy Evans (4th), who wanted the developers to move the project to a site at 47th Street and Lake Park Avenue, a location that the developers called less desirable. Supporters of Mayor Eugene Sawyer, Evans` possible opponent in a future mayoral race, backed the project.